The Travels & Life of Egypt

I donated a ton of hangers to the theater department  at school. It is nearing 1 AM and I am still awake.  Why? D------ Facebook.  I commented my experience on another colleague post  I have had several “discussions” with people about when these incidents happen. Their thinking: “if only black people did what the cops said; why do they have to resist arrest” and of course comments from White women about how Black men are scary. They wouldn’t be scary if you talked to them or became their friends. I’m so frustrated with America on this. And I’m tired of these comments of privilege. It is SCARY to be Black man in America. It seems that the establishment wants Jim Crow again, especially the White House. Stepping off my soap box. In my initial comment, I named the school because that is where all of the conversations took place.  Of  course, someone was offended and said that I was categorizing the school in my comment and "that is frustrating."  The comment was dripping with sar

My Memorial Day plate When I woke up this morning, I was supposed to go to the pool.  I had a 7 am reservation,  but I just couldn't get my butt in gear.  I won't do an early time, again.  I knew better, but  I had an 8 am teledoc and then a visit to the dentist, so I figured this was the best option.  I decided to watch the news; I have never watched Fox and Friends and decided to give it a shot.  Then they said Churches were essential and need to reopen--according to DT.  I wholeheartedly disagree.  When you look at the populations that attend church regularly NO WAY!  It is a mixture of older adults and families with lots of kids.  I'm a Christian and there is NO WAY I am attending a church in the states until we figure this thing out.  Church is essential; seeing people is essential, but we are doing it well online.  Also,  I find it hard to believe that Obama led a conspiracy to interfere with Trump's campaign.  Honestly, that sounds like something out of DT

Trash can with CDs and school t-shirt. Starting to throw away things that can't go to Korea. I have had my car for over 2 years and didn't realize what apple carplay could do.  Did you know it all syncs--from my audiobooks to google maps.  Alot of the apps on my phone will display on the screen in my car.  This is REVOLUTIONARY!  Who KNEW!!!???   I was so blown away that I had to take a picture of the screen as I drove out to the country.  My feet, ankles, and legs swelled to twice their normal size today.  I have no idea why.  What I know is that until my doctor added that extra pill I was fine.  The cardiologist told me to stop taking everything except the new pill.  I think I am retaining water now.  It explains the serious weight gain I had this week.  I'm going to drop the current treatment plan with the one new med and go back to the original before people started tampering with my meds.  I am only taking the one pill that I was on before all of this chaos. 

The waiting area at the Korean Consuate Today, I  dropped my passport and visa application off at the Korean Consulate to obtain a visa stamp.   Yes, Korea is still happening!  I visited the ENT today and she said that I am sensitive to milk.  I need to significantly reduce the amount of milk I am consuming and according to the paperwork, I need to lose weight.  ONE GOOD THING:  I shared the banana bread I made with friends. I am grateful that my friend M has a new grandchild and will get to see him in the summer.  I am grateful for a long conversation with S, no one has discouraged me about my move to Korea, that I am assured of salvation, for laughter with friends. 

I went to Walgreens today and found these two gems:  alcohol & wipes. It is the little things that bring us joy. I decided after laying in bed that I should blog.  If nothing else to express gratitude for today.  When I pick up the computer.  DEAD.  This computer hadn't been charged in days.  Tried to airdrop pics from my phone to the computer for this blogpost, it dies.  Believe it or not I'm actually sick of my devices, I would prefer to spend time with people. . . talking to them, maybe playing board or card games and I would love to talk about things other than C19 or school. I've made a lot of progress packing my classroom.  The only things I have left to do is scan papers, close boxes, and take my stuff to the storage unit.   I am so glad that I started working on this stuff early in the school year.  Otherwise, it would all be very overwhelming.  I've gained weight . . . I can tell because I am not walking (for exercise) as easily.  I'm prett

Sunset at the Ranch I haven't written in over 3 days.  I had plenty to post, I just chose to do other things.  This weekend, I went with a friend to her family's ranch.  It was just me and her.  While out there in the country, I went to the local resturant.  There were only like 3 or 4 families there.  Most people chose to eat out on their back patio which is humongous!  Anyway, it was risky because no one was wearing masks.  But I feel okay.  I did research on the county there were only 15 cases of COVID in the county.  Yes, I know the COVID numbers are rising every day in my state, but it was nice to get away from the city and stress that seems to exist here.  We took very long walks that included hills and somehow I made it up the hills! Tonight I had a semi-binge. . . cheese puffs, chocolate, popcorn and then I took my blood sugar. . .it was 73.  I don't understand.  Maybe, the exercise keeps my blood sugar low.  Who knows???!!! I still have spells wher